Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 23, 2026.
Lenoir County, North Carolina, has about 55,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Lenoir County depends on where the incident happened: the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the North Carolina Public Records Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: Lenoir County public records, Lenoir County arrest records, Lenoir County warrants, Lenoir County inmate search, Lenoir County criminal records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Lenoir County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In Lenoir County that is the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
The Grifton Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Lenoir County, so its arrests are not broken out for Lenoir County here.
Reports from the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office
The Lenoir County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 67 violent and 416 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 1,454 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at (252) 559-6100. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at lenoircountysheriff.com/detention-division (page title: Detention Division | lcso), phone (252) 559-6100, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Lenoir County
The two cities the FBI lists in Lenoir County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Kinston: 151 violent and 786 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,474 arrests reported for 2025.
- Pink Hill: 1,153 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Reports: Lenoir County in 2025
The two agencies in Lenoir County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 218 violent and 1,202 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the three agencies in Lenoir County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,081 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the North Carolina Public Records Act Requires
The North Carolina Public Records Act sets the rules: an answer as promptly as possible; the statute sets no number of days, at a charge of the actual cost of copying, from the agency that holds the report.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Lenoir County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the North Carolina Public Records Act the answer is due as promptly as possible; the statute sets no number of days.
How long does an agency in Lenoir County have to answer?
Under the North Carolina Public Records Act, as promptly as possible; the statute sets no number of days. It may charge the actual cost of copying.
How do I get a report from the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at (252) 559-6100. Under the North Carolina Public Records Act the answer is due as promptly as possible; the statute sets no number of days.
Is this the official Lenoir County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.